Recent content by Steven_1958

Hyper V - now resolved, thanks

Hi There I am running Windows 11 in a VM. All is working fine expect that I cannot see how to show my external hard drives in File Explorer. When I first ran the VM I clicked on something (!) and they appeared. That VM was accidently deleted and now I cannot recall how I got the VM to see the...

@johnlgalt Many thanks - that did it! Used my Windows 7 key. Accepted and working fine apart from low volume.

Ahh - now that is interesting. Many thanks - I'll give that a go.

I did read it!!! I did read it - not helped me at all. Windows refused to accept my Windows 10 login as an activation, in the VM. Another words, to be clear. I could sign on with my email and password, select a pin and an email was sent to verify my address, but when I got into windows 11...

I think you have two choices: 1) The best option (which I did) I did a complete fresh install of Windows 10 downloading & mounting the ISO within Windows. This in effect wipes the drive and you leave the Insider program. You would need to reinstall all your programs, of course (I have mine all...

That would explain it, because my sign in for Windows 10 Pro is not accepted in the VM - so the VM is like a new motherboard, I guess. Thanks

Oh..okay. Well at least I got a peek at the new Windows 11 :)

I have read this thread, however when I installed Windows 11 using Hyper V, I was unable to activate Windows 11, I got an error code - although I signed in with my Windows 10 Pro account. I presume the reason is that the VM is treated as 'new hardware' - but I am unsure??